A lot would depend on the driver too, seeing as I have yet to read anything good about VW manual trannies. I know a guy online who used to have a GTI VR6 5spd, and he says that the syncho couldn't keep up with rapid shifting. Car and Driver has complained time and again about the ropey, terrible shifting action in Jettas and GTIs. In some tests, C/D has managed 0-60 times only in the mid 7s; sometimes they do much better and get it down into high 5s with the 1.8T. (???)
--T.J.
P.S.--Oh, and I'm not saying slushboxes are the answer.
